fève

From Old French, from Latin faba, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”).

• IPA^(key): /fɛv/

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Trinket from a king cake.

fève f (plural fèves)

1. bean, generally
2. strictly, the broad bean Vicia faba
3. non-legume beans, as in coffee beans
4. the trinket in a king cake (galette des rois) – originally an actual broad bean, today often a plastic, metal or porcelain figurine.

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• “fève” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).